Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing

Page(s):

xviii + 1207

Publisher:

Smithsonian Institution Press

Publication Place:

Washington, DC, USA

ISBN/ISSN:

1-56098-217-9

Notes:

Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing

Reference for:

Rattuselaphinus

Geographic Information

Geographic Division:

Southern Asia

Jurisdiction/Origin:

Comments

Comment:

Status: IUCN - Vulnerable

Comments: Rattus leucopus species group. A morphologically distinctive species that is likely most closely related to native Rattus on the Moluccas and New Guinea. Amplified description and comparisons with Sulawesian R. hoffmanni and R. koopmani from Peleng Isl provided by Musser and Holden (1991)

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